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WGUS74 KMOB 121545

FFSMOB

ALC097-121745-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

942 AM CST TUE MAR 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

     CENTRAL MOBILE



AT 937 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN. RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE 

EXPECTED.  THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL OVER SUCH A SHORT TIME WILL CAUSE 

RAPID RUNOFF OVER URBAN AREAS. HEAVY RAINS SHOULD SHIFT EAST OF 

MOBILE ALABAMA BY NOON.



THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 15 MPH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL 

CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE LINE AROUND 30 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT SRIVE INTO AREAS 

WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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